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as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years
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as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
when the family's fortune disappeared, so did their fickle friends
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Recent Examples of fickle
George knows how fickle soccer can be.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Something ironic, perhaps, about the politically fickle Roseanne Barr’s claim to Dickens (The Tale of Two Cities; current bid $1).
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
Ryan Broderick has watched digital media companies flame out — beholden to a single source of funding or a fickle algorithm.
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Scott Nover,
Washington Post,
21 June 2026
Since the Lake Superior weather is notoriously fickle, be prepared for rain in warmer months as well.
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Robert Annis,
Midwest Living,
21 June 2026
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Something ironic, perhaps, about the politically fickle Roseanne Barr’s claim to Dickens (The Tale of Two Cities; current bid $1).
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
Ryan Broderick has watched digital media companies flame out — beholden to a single source of funding or a fickle algorithm.
—
Scott Nover,
Washington Post,
21 June 2026
Since the Lake Superior weather is notoriously fickle, be prepared for rain in warmer months as well.
—
Robert Annis,
Midwest Living,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for fickle
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Related Stories Set in 1948 Malaya in the volatile years that followed the end of World War II, the film traces a Malay soldier and a British soldier who are left behind after the British military withdraws.
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While the rally continued into early 2026, trade soon turned volatile.
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And at the very center of Hell is Satan himself, the traitorous Archangel Lucifer, depicted as a monstrous creature with wings and three heads.
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Russell fabricates a lie with the rest of the villains, and the heroes believe it, despite a warning from one traitorous tribemate.
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Analysts expect gas prices to continue falling but remain unpredictable due to geopolitical tensions.
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Your personal life could feel crowded, unpredictable and emotionally overwhelming, Scorpio.
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Employees quickly abandon systems that are slow, unreliable or difficult to use.
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But weak charging infrastructure, limited and unreliable electricity supply outside major cities, and high financing costs could constrain widespread adoption on the continent, even as investors race to build out infrastructure.
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The infamous cyclops briefly appeared, as well as footage of Odysseus and his men battling the cannibalistic race of giants known as Laestrygonians and navigating around the treacherous whirlpool Charybdis.
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According to the hiking blog, The Hiking HI, the rock bridge can only be traversed at low tide, but can be treacherous either way.
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The charge alleges a person knowingly defrauded another by using false or misleading information to obtain money, property, credit or a loan.
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Opponents of Amendment 5 have flatly called the advertisement misleading or false.
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Each one grew up in a home that required her to curry favor with volatile and inconstant parents—a menacing father figure, a recessive and enabling mother—and each found a fragile safety in her caretakers’ occasional good will.
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The self is a shifting, inconstant phenomenon, brain and body ever transforming in time and space, with no clear delineation between what is self and what is other.
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“Fickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fickle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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